@MohammedisaFALSEPROPHET: "I was born in an Islamic country to Muslim parents, but I was raised in the 
United States. Throughout my life, I considered myself to be a Muslim, and I 
maintained a large arsenal of uninformed apologies, explanations, and blind 
denials to promote and defend Islam. Of course, I had never once read the 
Qur'an, and I had relied exclusively on what I heard from my parents, my 
relatives, my Muslim friends, and the Islamic media.
Then one day, at the age of 26, I decided to read the Qur'an so that I could 
become a "better Muslim." The first three pages alone shocked me with their 
illogic and obvious contradictions with the constant claim that Allah was 
the "most merciful" and "most compassionate," but I closed my eyes, gritted 
my teeth, held on tightly, and pushed ahead with absolute certainty that it 
would all be explained and would get better. However, it only got worse   
much worse. After reading the Qur'an, I realized that I couldn't possibly 
endorse Islam as a religion, as a philosophy, as a moral standard, as an 
ethical code, or even as useful fiction. I determined that these 
philosophies and this image of Allah could only come from an extremely 
warped and disturbed person who suffered from an aggregation of the most 
severe and profound human weaknesses.
Since 1996, I've read and re-read the Qur'an and the Hadiths (which are even 
worse than the Qur'an), and I've always reached the same conclusion  Islam 
is an absolute disaster for the entire world, for Christians, for Jews, for 
pagans, for atheists, for women, for children, and, most of all, for Muslims 
themselves.
I've discussed Islam's fundamental weaknesses endlessly with many relatives 
and friends, and nobody has ever been able to respond in any meaningful way. 
Nobody has ever been able to manufacture any legitimate story that indicates 
that Islam is a useful or positive force on this earth. From the Islamic 
apologists, I hear that somehow the Jews are responsible for my betrayal. I 
hear that I've been "brainwashed" by the media, which, according to them, is 
Jewish. I hear that I need to understand Islamic "history" to understand 
that the unlimited illogic, cruelty, internal inconsistency, and injustice. 
I hear that somebody, somewhere in some distant Islamic country could 
validly answer my questions, but the people I speak with can say only that 
there is some good explanation, but that they don't know enough to tell me. 
Of course, when those allegedly wise Muslims appear, they themselves can't 
possibly answer the questions and they play the same game  it's the Jews, 
it's the media, I don't know enough Islamic history to understand, and they 
know somebody 8,000 miles away who could explain it all to me. Ultimately, 
nobody can sufficiently explain how the Qur'an is anything other than 
arbitrary, cruel, unjust, evil, and riddled with evidence that it is based 
on the most profound human weaknesses. I don't use those terms lightly or 
imprecisely or emotionally. As a matter of dispassionate fact, Islam  as 
written in the Qur'an  is arbitrary, cruel, unjust, and evil, and it 
contains endless conclusive evidence that the founder of this "religion" 
suffered from the most intense form of the worst human weaknesses on earth.
Of course, my life has improved drastically since I actually read the Qur'an 
and realized the obvious human weaknesses from which it originated. I 
sincerely hope that all Muslims will read the Qur'an and simply think about 
whether this religion comes from a good person or a bad person, from an 
intelligent person or from a fool, from good or from evil, from compassion 
or from cruelty, from justice or injustice, from decency or from 
depravity  however anyone wants to define those terms.
I just found this site today, and I'm thrilled to say that I've found here 
precisely what I've been telling people for many years  Islam is, in fact, 
the problem for the entire world, but the biggest problem on earth for 
Muslims themselves. Unfortunately, in addition to destroying themselves with 
Islam, the rest of the world is likely to meet its end as soon as true 
Muslims assemble the weaponry required to destroy the earth.
It's absolutely imperative that the people who I call "pretend Muslims"   
who are the vast majority of people who call themselves Muslims   
disassociate themselves from this bizarre superstition called Islam and from 
the few true-believers, who rely on the pretend Muslims for their strength 
and legitimacy. President Bush and others are dead wrong when they say that 
Islam is a great and peaceful faith that has been hijacked by a few 
extremists. In fact, Islam is a vile and violent faith that establishes 
extremism and that has been hijacked by the pretend Muslims who, by their 
own human decency, have given this barbaric superstition the appearance of 
legitimacy to the uninformed.
Best wishes to all,
Apostate Success"
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wrote:
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�  Perhaps Islam will eventually solve the problem of too many humans on
this planet?
Excellent essay.  Thanks.
Rich. (364)697-2593"
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